Name Arthur Agatston | Role Author | |
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Education New York University, New York University School of Medicine Books The South Beach Diet Supercharged, The South Beach Diet Taste of S, La Dieta South Beach, The South Beach Diet Quick an, The South Beach Diet Gluten So Similar David Littmann, Edgar Van Nuys Allen, Ola Akinboboye | ||
Bruce Sweeney with Dr. Arthur Agatston, South Beach Diet
Arthur Agatston (born 1947) is an American cardiologist and celebrity doctor best known as the developer of the South Beach Diet, but also the author of many published scholarly papers in the field of noninvasive cardiac diagnostics. His scientific research led to the Agatston Score for measuring coronary artery calcium.
Contents
- Bruce Sweeney with Dr Arthur Agatston South Beach Diet
- Interview with dr arthur agatston
- Education
- Career
- References
Interview with dr arthur agatston
Education
Agatston earned an MD at New York University School of Medicine in 1973, studied internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his cardiology fellowship at NYU.
Career
Dr. Agatston started his medical career on staff at New York University Medical Center. After a year, he took a position at the Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida where he later became director of the Non-Invasive Cardiac lab. He currently serves as the Medical Director, Wellness & Prevention at Baptist Health South Florida and practices at South Beach Preventive Cardiology.